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Algebra.Com's Answer #666100 by ikleyn(52790)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( "I am wandering what a person can learn from such a problem?\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From such a solution? \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Below is another \"solution\"\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "n*(n-1)*(n-2) + P(n)*(n-13)*(n-14)*(n-15)*(n-16)*(n-18),\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "where P(x) is any polynomial with integer coefficients.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It will give you the same values at the assigned points (13, 14, 15, 16, 18) and totally different value at the \"17\" point.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And what?\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Such problems relate to the category \"puzzles\", but not to the category \"math\".\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |